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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 15

THIS LESSON TEACHES US THREE TRUTHS

  1. All our minds are not individually separated pieces of the Universe. All our minds are interlinked and directly affect each other.
  • 2. We are connected at the deeper level of consciousness. Once we know this truth, we will go beyond pain, suffering, depression and disease.
  • 3. At the spiritual level, when we are deeply connected to the whole Universe, we experience bliss.
  • 1. What is collective consciousness?
  • 2. Are our minds linked? Do our thoughts influence others?
  • 3. At the level of consciousness is there a separate individual identity?
  • 4. When does nature protect us?
  • 5. When does nature protest against us?

MATERIALS NEEDED:

Balloon Newspaper Tissue papers Glue Paper Cup Scissors Acrylic paint Decorative items

PROCEDURE:

Let us make a beautiful flower vase using balloon and tissue papers.

Take a balloon and inflate it to its maximum size. Take a newspaper sheet, tear it into small pieces. Make a glue solution and soak the newspaper pieces in it. Paste the pieces on the balloon. Cover the whole balloon with at least two layers of the newspaper. Crush tissue papers and paste it on top of the coat of newspaper. Let the layers dry. Deflate the balloon by pricking it with a pin. You will get a paper mache shell. Use the base of a paper cup to draw a circle at the top and the base of the paper mache shell. Cut along the lines of the top and bottom circles to make two holes.

Insert a paper cup upside-down into the bottom hole and firmly fix the cup to the shell using glue. Now cut out the bottom of the other paper cup. Now insert the hollow paper in upright position into the top hole and firmly fix the cup to the shell using glue. Now, colour the flower vase with different acrylic paints and decorate it with embellishments as best as you can.

The real spiritual experience is when we stop experiencing i.e. the Experiencer, the Experienced and the Experience, disappear into one; all three merge into the experience. Only awareness of existence remains, all boundaries are lost!